Yet another perfect transaction with Tonyr. Definitely the best guy on the site to deal with.

Thanks a bunch, that means a lot! Transactions with Aeonblade are always seamless, great buyer! Also had a deal with Lyset_forsvinner a while back that went unreported, he's a great buyer as well. Thank you both!

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Hey who else here has had bad trades with Noktorn? I know he's gone mysteriously absent the past couple of months and a few people other than me are scratching their heads in confusion, wondering when their stuff's gonna get here...but has he been unreliable prior to this as well? Just trying to get some consensus from people who knew him back when he ran his distro and such.

I've known Noktorn for years and traded many times. He's been late on occasion but always made up with it for free stuff. As far as I know he's had some kind of breakdown, someone in his family passed and a bunch of other stuff, I think he lost his home. While I sympathise with everyone that hasn't had what they were promised and I really hope it gets sorted soon, I can assure you he isn't a con artist by any means. And if he was, he definitely wouldn't do it under the name Noktorn which his label/distro/blogs/reviews are all attatched to (all which he has worked HARD towards the last five years). Its not acceptable to have to wait this long with no word, granted, but just rest assured that you haven't been ripped off deliberately. As soon as I hear anything from him I'll post here, but most of his internet friends (ones he didn't trade with) don't know where he's at either.

But no, from knowing him in the past he's always been a reliable trader. This whole situation is a first as far as I'm aware. I hope it gets resolved soon enough.

He sent his part of the deal quickly, even including the jewel cases even though I thought we were trading without, but he didn't tell me everything about the condition of the CDs. He told me that the discs I wanted were in 'perfect' condition, and judging from past experiences, I was expecting discs in somewhat EX condition, as some traders abuse the term 'perfect' or 'mint' condition. I would have been happy even with VG/EX.

The discs themselves were EX/NM, and I'm perfectly fine with that. However, he never mentioned the giant punch-hole through the UPC of one of them (and the tab dent), the paper missing from the lower right corner of the tray card/spine of another, and the tab dents to 2 of the booklets. I can live with the tab dents (those are rather common CDs, even though I would have preferred to be told about the 'defects'), but claiming the discs are in 'perfect' condition and avoid mentioning the punch-hole and missing part of the tray card isn't the best method to get positive feedback ...

So I'd say the guy did fulfill his part of the deal, but if we deal again, I'll have plenty of questions to ask before closing the deal.

No idea if he's an experienced trader or not, but for all the others who are just starting to trade, mentioning punch-holes, saw-cuts, folded tray cards and any other 'alterations' is mandatory.